Do you think it was a mistake to put “FTX” in the “FTX Future Fund” so prominently? My thinking is that you likely want the goodness of EA and philanthropy to make people feel more positively about FTX, which seems fine to me, but in doing so you also run a risk of if FTX has any big scandal or other issue it could cause blowback on EA, whether merited or not.
I understand the Future Fund has tried to distance itself from effective altruism somewhat, though I’m skeptical this has worked in practice.
To be clear, I do like FTX personally, am very grateful for what the FTX Future Fund does, and could see reasons why putting FTX in the name is also a positive.
Note: On 2022-09-22 (prior to the “FTX debacle”), the parent comment had 21 karma points. Out of 16 top-level comments on this page, it appeared as the 8th comment (karma-wise and position-wise).
Do you think it was a mistake to put “FTX” in the “FTX Future Fund” so prominently? My thinking is that you likely want the goodness of EA and philanthropy to make people feel more positively about FTX, which seems fine to me, but in doing so you also run a risk of if FTX has any big scandal or other issue it could cause blowback on EA, whether merited or not.
I understand the Future Fund has tried to distance itself from effective altruism somewhat, though I’m skeptical this has worked in practice.
To be clear, I do like FTX personally, am very grateful for what the FTX Future Fund does, and could see reasons why putting FTX in the name is also a positive.
Note: On 2022-09-22 (prior to the “FTX debacle”), the parent comment had 21 karma points. Out of 16 top-level comments on this page, it appeared as the 8th comment (karma-wise and position-wise).
This was a very valid concern after all Peter :(
so sad it went unanswered